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(No Medal.) A 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. H. WORTH.

HORSE POWER.

N0. 276,320. Patented Apr. 24, 1883.

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W. 'H. WORTH.

HORSE POWER. N0. 276,320. Patented Apr. 24,1883.

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- U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. WORTH, OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,320, dated April 24, 1883. Application filed March 3, 1883. (No model.)

accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, economical, and efficient horse-power.

A is the foundation, which is intended to be let into the ground.

B is a hub having three radiating arms, O,

the endsc of two of which are'turned up at right angles, and have equalizing-rollers ajournaled in their tops. The third arm has an enlarged end, and acts as a bearing for the. driving-shaft D. The hub B, with its arms, is a single casting bolted down to the foundation.

E is a crown-gear having arms 0 and a central disk-hub, e.

F is the king-pin, fitted down through hubs e and B. It is tapered downwardly, and the hub B is tapered oppositely, so that by screwing up the nut f underneath the pin maybe tightened up.

The hub e of the gear E fits upon the bolt and bears on the top of hub B. G is a channel-shaped casting having a hub, g, with a flange, whereby it is bolted securely to the hub e of wheel E. This casting fits the king- 1 pin looselyenough to turn readily upon it as a journal. The channel portion or top of the casting is to receive and secure the draft-bar or tongue, and is set at an inclination in order to throw the end of the tongue high enough for the horse.

The rollers a bear upon the upper edge or rim of the crown gear at two points; and in order to provide for a third and properly equalize the gear, I cast an arch, H, and bolt it to a cross-bar, b, of the foundation. is a roller, 1'.

I is the upper cap of the shaft-bearing, and J is the pinion on the end of the shaft, which In its top meshes with the crown-gear. K is a pulley onclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The hub B, having arms 0, with upturned end-s, carrying rollers a, the kin g-pin F, secured in said hub, and the driving-shaft D, journaled in the end of an arm 0, and havingpinion J, in combination with the crowngear E, mounted on said pin and hub B, and the channel-shaped casting G for the tongue, fittingon said pin and bolted to the crown-gear, all arranged and operating substantially as herein described.

2. The stationary hub B and pin F, and the drivingshaft D, having pinion J, in combination with the crown-gear E and ton gue-support G, bolted thereto,,said support having an inclination to raise the draft end of the tongue, substantially as herein described. I

3. A horse-power consisting of the hub B, having arms 0, with equalizingrollers a, the arch H, having equalizing-roller i, the kin g-pin F, the driving-shaft D, having pinion J, the crown-gear E, upon which said rollers at bear, and the inclined tongue-support G'r, all arranged and operating substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM H. WORTH.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, G. W. EMERSON. 

